The nameEmma Watsonno doubt immediately brings to mind Hermione Granger fromtheHarry Potterseries.
To the world, Watson and her character seem almost synonymous.
The young actress realized she had a lot in common with the magical character.
She toldThe Telegraphin 2007,“I felt I really was Hermione.”
Watson continued, “Now I know exactly what she means.”
After landing the part of Hermione, Watson quickly became obsessed her character.
Filming the series spanned not only throughout much of Watson’s childhood, but throughout herteenage yearsas well.
The conclusion of the series meant it was time for Watson to focus on herself.
The actress filmedHarry Potterthroughout nine months of the year and still managed to keep high grades.
Watson’s character Hermione was a driving force behind her decision to pursue college.
Watson toldPaper, “I was the girl in school whose hand shot up to answer the questions.
I was really eager to learn in an uncool way.
In a super uncool way, actually.
And then the character of Hermione gave me permission to be who I was.”
Upon the completion of theHarry Potterfilm series, Watson’s acting career exploded.
She toldVanity Fair,“I have met fans that have my facetattooedon their body.
I don’t know how to explain it, but theHarry Potterphenomenon steps into a different zone.
It crosses into obsession.”
Alongside the film series, the wizarding world quickly transformed into something more in front of Watson’s eyes.
With the “Potterhead” obsession came many scary stalker situations for Watson.
She now refuses to take photos with fans.
She’s learned that photos can mark her location for stalkers, which has caused danger for her.
She toldThe Telegraph,“The thought of all this publicity chills me to the bone.
I hate seeing my name on the front of a magazine.”
TheHarry Potterstar believes that knowing too much about her will affect how viewers feel toward her on-screen characters.
Unfortunately, privacy is becoming more of a challenging feat withsocial media.
In many ways, she bosses the boys around, which I think is kind of cool.
I think they need her.
That’s girl power."
Because of this, Watson’s passion forfeminismstarted at an early age.
In 2014, she received global praise for herspeechat an event for the HeForShe campaign.
The goal of the initiative was to encourage males to support their female counterparts.
However, money has never been all that important to Watson.
However, Watson feels that being a role model comes with an awful lot of responsibility.
As a kid, Watson never understood what kind of power her image held.
But she chooses to make a run at look past this label.
During that time, Watson grew close with the head ofHarry Potter’s makeup department, Amanda Knight.
Though Watson couldn’t change her hair, she was given opportunities to experiment with makeup.
She recalled, “I thought, ‘That’s strange, it should be WHAT are you wearing?’
That was the instant I understood it was really an art and I had fun with it.”
She toldVanity Fair,“It’s the sexiest I’ve ever felt.”
She told theMirror,“I’ve got the blockbuster box well and truly ticked.
I want to make smaller films that are really high quality and mean something to me personally.”
Watson starred as her first non-magical character inBallet Shoes.
Instead, she approached him (viaVogue).
Watson toldInterview, “There’s usually one line that I read and I’m like, ‘Okay.
I have to say this line.
I have to tell this story.’
It’s an instant click.
Radcliffe toldVoguethat he and Watson developed a special brother and sister-throw in relationship.
They also would offer up relationship advice to one another as they grew up and entered the dating world.
To this day, theHarry Potterco-stars still keep in touch.
According to Watson, they all communicate in a group chat on WhatsApp, as she toldEntertainment Tonight.
Some of the actors evencame out to support Watsonat the premiere ofBeauty and the Beast, including co-starTom Felton.
In 2018, whenAccess Hollywoodasked Felton how he felt hearing news of Watson’s crush, he was flattered.
“Eventually we became good friends, and we can laugh about it now,” he said.
Just likeHarry Potter’s Hermione, Belle had alovefor books that Watson immediately related to.
She did not want a dress that was corseted or that would impede her in any way.”
Gerwig added, “She’s just smart.
She’s on multi-governmental organizations that speak to the U.N., and she’s so thoughtful and present.
She is way out there trying to do everything she can.”
TheHarry Potterfilms were shot while Watson was still discovering herself and obviously had a huge impact on her.
And it seems Watson wouldn’t change a thing about that.
She told theMirror, “How do I put into words what all of this has meant to me?
